the data center in real time: monitoring tools overview & demo

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The Data Center in Real Time: Monitoring Tools Overview & Demo

Presenters:

Daniel Skrove – Sales Engineer

Steve Lewis – Director of Sales


Agenda

• The Need for Monitoring• Monitoring Approaches

– Point in Time– Real Time

• The Value of “Real Time”• Live Demo• Questions


Emerson Data Center Users Group Survey- Spring 2009“Forty-seven percent of respondents listed energy efficiency as one of their top facilities and network concerns, while 46 percent listed adequate monitoring in their top three concerns.”.


Emerson Data Center Users Group Survey- Fall 2009“[Availability] jumped from the fourth most important concern just six months earlier to

the number one concern.”

The Value of Monitoring

• COST OF POWER…………..$$$• COST OF INEFFICIENCY….$$$• COST OF DOWNTIME……..$$$$• OWNERSHIP……………......IT or FACILITIES

• SLAs…..

Can you afford not to?


Monitoring Approaches

Point in Time Vs Real Time


Sneaker Net

• Point in Time Measurements

• One day investigation• Readings from critical

components: UPS, Panels, HVAC, BMS

• Clipboard readings entered into spreadsheets

• 3rd party: report & recommendations


What to Record?


HVAC

UPS

TemperatureHumidityFan SpeedAlarmsSetpoint vs Production

VoltsAmpsBattery OperationPower FactorKW(A) in / KW(A) outEfficiency

PDU/RPP

Depending on the model:VoltsAmpsPer Whip values

Rack PDU

Depending on model:Amps per PDUAmps per SocketAmps per Circuit

Sneaker Net Benefits


AdvantagesEconomical

Simple to execute

Non invasive

Preempts Risk

42U Point In Time Assessment Findings:“Raised access floor has no supplemental grounding system. The raised access floor should have a grounding grid wire for better high frequency noise and static electricity protection”

“The existing CRACs have been problematic… Cooling capacity far exceeds heat generation today but the reliability isn’t optimal “

“(Customer’s) IT load is 95kW and the input power to the data center is 226.699 kW yielding a PUE of 2.386”

Sneaker Net Cont’d


Disadvantages

Snapshot

Manpower

Disparate vendor systems

Data Analysis

How do we maximize the data?Is it reported, trended?

Aggregated?Quality of Analysis?

Advantages

Economical

Simple to Execute

Non invasive

3rd party not necessary


Is there a better way?

Containment Video: LiveImaging Showing LBNL Data Center Overheating Issue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45IZbvCyN0c

Real Time Measurement


Branch Circuit Monitoring

Real Time PUE

More Real Time Tools


Zone Alerts Temperature

Chiller

Previous Survey Concerns

1. AVAILABILTY• Real time tools ensure operation within designated

guidelines such as ASHRAE or other industry accepted parameters.

2. EFFICIENCY• Real time tools establish an operational baseline that

can be historically trended for remediation control.

3. ADEQUATE MONITORING• Real time tools measure proactively, protecting &

trending all facets of physical infrastructure.


An Array of Data


HVAC

UPS

Min, Max, Average HVAC supply temperatures Min, Max, Average HVAC return temperatures Min, Max, Average HVAC temperature delta Air Loss RatioBypass Air RatioRecirculation Air RatioFan Energy

UPS InUPS OutIT Load

PDU/RPP

CurrentVoltagePowerIT Load

Rack

Cold Aisle TemperatureHot Aisle TemperatureHumidityThermal Maps

Reporting to a Common Database

Rack

Sub-floor

CRAH

Chilled Water Flow

PDU

16Disparate vendor products and protocols now speak the same language:

efficiency.

Real Time: Thermal Map

Temps below 55F

Other Maps Available

Real Time: Thermal Report

Tons - Sensible BTUs/Hr

NameplateReturn Air

TempSupply Air

Temp

Delta Return-

Supply Air Temp

CRAH Air Loss In-

Efficiency

CRAH Cooling Tons - Actual

CRAH Cooling

Efficiency - Actual

CRAC 123.1 64.6 52.7 11.9 58% 13.3 57.80%

CRAC 223.1 65 50.5 14.5 48% 16.3 70.50%

CRAC 316.3 62.6 48 14.6 48% 12 73.50%


Values based on user-defined time periods

Real Time: Cooling Energy

ENERGY METER

WIRELESSSENSOR

GATEWAY

REAL TIME POWER VALUES FOR THIS PANEL

Remediation- Next Steps

Cooling Infrastructure– Aisle Containment (Cold or Hot)? – Raising Temperature Setpoint? – Variable Frequency Drive Retrofit (if CHW)?

The framework is in place to visualize the effects and quantify the results.


Real-Time Implementation

Remediate

Report

Measure

Execute

Data Center SurveyBest practices & ROIPotential rebatesExecutive managerial buy-inEstablish efficiency team & goals

Plan

Install instrumentation & softwarePerform energy utilization auditCalculate current benchmark

Data CollectionEnvironmental MonitoringAnalysis

RecommendationsReconfiguration planEfficiency improvements

Low Hanging FruitProgressive ChangesSavings ReinvestedOngoing Improvement

Live Demo


Takeaways


Meeting of industry thought leaders convened on January 13, 2010 “to agree on datacenter energy efficiency measurements, metrics, and reporting conventions.”

Results of the Meeting: “Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) using source energy consumption is the preferred energy efficiency metric for data centers.”

When calculating PUE, IT energy consumption should, at a minimum, be measured at the output of the uninterruptible power supply (UPS). However, the industry should progressively improve measurement capabilities over time so that measurement of IT

energy consumption directly at the IT load (i.e., servers) becomes the common practice.”

SOURCE: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/datacenters/news_detail.html?news_id=15799

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The Future is Now


Branch Circuit Monitoring

Real Time PUE

The Progressive Improvement is available today:

Rack level power consumption

Ongoing PUE measurement

Informed decision making with non-invasive installation

Impactful at all data center sizes

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